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. UNITED STATES PATENT FI CVE.

JAMES J'. BARRY, NEW YORK,`AND CLA'RENCE BIRDSEYE', 0F YOBKTOWN HEIGHTS,` n NEW YORK. y

3mm-NG MACHINE.

Application led February 26, 1924. Serial No. 695,292.

To allfwhom it may] concern.:

Be it known that we, JAMES J. BARRY and CLARENCE BIRnsEYn, citizens of the United States, residing at New York and Yorktown Heights, in the counties ofBronx and Westf 0 exact description chester and State of New York, have in-l vented certain new and usefulImprovernent-s -in Brining Machines;v and we do hereby' declare the following tobe a full, clear, and of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a machine for' treating fish after the same havebeen cut lopen, it being thev object of the invention to provide a machine for'spraying the sh with brine to thoroughly cleanse the same.

Referring to the drawings wherein the embodiment of" the invention is shown, liig.` 1 is a longitudinal vertical section through the improved machine'.

Fig. 2 is a plan thereof; and

Fig. 3 is a section o'n line 3,-3 of Fig. 1'. .In the drawings, numeral 1 indicates a tank which is able standards 2 at either end thereof. Dis-Vv posed longitudinally of the tank is an end less wire mesh belt 3, the same being looped over pulleys 4 and 5 at the ends of the tank; Pulley is supported on ay suitable shaft 6 extending across the tank and pulley 4 is secured on a shaft 7 which likewise extends across the tank and is suitably geared toa driving motor 8. i

Disposed on either side of the upper run ofthe belt 3 is a pair of pipes 9 and 10,con nected` to a common conduitv 11 through which brine is pumped b al pump 12 from aV tank generallyindi'cate `at13,-which tank is divided into three compartments by wire A has been pumped over the`V fish in a mannerl hereinafter to be described.l The comparti ment B is adapted to contain crystal salt' and the partition 15" between the compartments A and B serves toprevent scalesfrom upper run of the belt' 3,

preferably semicircular inv Ving an opening in its bottom,

the fish from passing into the compartment The compartment C is` kept free from solid substancesv by the screen 14, and consequently only clear brine will be pumped by the pump 12 to the spraying pipes 9 and 10. It' will be noted that the intake-of the pump` is located' within the compartment C. The ,pumpA 12X is drivenl by" a suitable motor .1

The horizontally disposed pipes 9'and 10- sides adjacentthe are perforated on their and consequently thebrine will be directed from opposite drections onto the fish lying on` said upper `run of the belt.

The` fish are placedupon the upper run of the belt 3 in any suitable manner, either manually or mechanicall onl thepend of the belt-at the pulley 5 which is the entrance point to the machine. The -fish are discharged from the upper run of the belt onto a tray of any suitable character indicated by reference numeral 18 from whence they may be removed byhand or otherwise.

The tank isv means of a semi'cylindrical housingv19 to prevent spraying of the brine to surrounding objects.

The pipes-9 and 10 are supported in. any suitable manner as by brackets 20'depending from the housing 19. While we have shown but a singleY pair of pipes arranged on either side of the upper run of the belt, it is to be understood that a plurality of such pipes may be provided if lthe same should be found desirable. Various changes in the details of construction may also be made 4'without' departing from the spirit of the invention. What we claim is:' l n Incombination, with a brine fish cleaning machine a horizontally disposed tank hava horizontally disposed belt within said tank, a pair of pipes arran ed on either side of the upper run of said elt, said pipes being perforated on their sides adjacent said upper run, a second tank arranged below the rst-mentioned tank and into which the latter discharges, said last-mentioned tank being divided into a plurality of compartments, said compartpreferably housed over by-r u -v 1,561,503l

ments separated by vWire screens, the firstvv and crystal salt, thereby providing a clear lcompartment being adapted to receive the cleaning brine, and means for pumping the 10 brine as it comes from the fish, containing said brine from the last; named compartment 4various impurities such as fish scales, the through the pipes. y I 5 second compartment is adapted to-contain In testimony whereof we aix our signaj crystal salt, while the third compartment is e tures.

kept comparatively free from solid sub- JAMES J. BARRY. stances by means of the intervening screens l CLARENCE BIRDSEYE. 

